INCITE! is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color, trans* people of color, and communities through direct action, critical dialogue, and grassroots organizing.

In the decade since the last Incite! conference, the world has felt more profoundly the effects of neoliberal policies and untethered “economic development” at the expense of people lives and the Earth’s natural resources. In the US, the lives of women and transgender people are legislated and debated, without recognizing the connections of their lives to racism, colonialism, homophobia, and patriarchy. And feminist movements in the US have often been silent or on the wrong side of issues when it comes to solidarity with women’s struggles in the global south. All of this is reinforced by sanctioned state violence all over the world that continues to destroy families and communities.

At the Incite! Color of Violence conference, plenaries covered topics such as the Criminalization of Self-Defense, support for Palestine, the connection between Indigenous youth with disabilities and the school to prison pipeline, and what it means to be trans in this movement. GGJ members went to workshops that defined transformative justice and restorative justice, and also on what healing in our communities look like.

Under the banner of “We Will Keep Marching Until We Are All Free: Defending the Dignity of Our Bodies, Our Communities, and Mother Earth”GGJ is putting forth a national call to action to join World March of Women chapters around the world on April 24th, the anniversary of the factory fire and collapse in Bangladesh. While at the conference we collected of 150 signatures to support the workers of Rana Plaza, and to call on major corporations to sign onto a safety accord that would protext workers in Bangladesh.